While Scouting For Girls are in their best place in years, circumstances leading up to this new album proved to be especially challenging. After losing 18 months of touring - their favourite part of being in a band - they were eager to hit the road after Covid restrictions were lifted. Their return was the biggest party imaginable… until it wasn’t. As the months passed, Roy’s life unravelled and he realised he had to make a change and on New Year’s Eve of 2021 he sank his final drink before dedicating the start of 2022 to recovery. Scouting For Girls’‘The Place We Used To Meet’ headline tour dates are listed below. They will also play two runs of shows as very special guests to Olly Murs: next week’s arena tour and a second run of outdoor and arena dates later in the summer. They also have a busy festival schedule which includes Isle of Wight, Camp Bestival and the Neighbourhood Weekender. Stride and Churchouse played local gigs together as teenagers and were briefly part of a band called Cape while attending university. Scouting for Girls toured their new album throughout 2010, commencing with a full UK tour throughout late April and May 2010.

The Place We Used To Meet’ was written and recorded in the same way that they recorded their debut single ‘She’s So Lovely’ in 2007. It’s an album full of the instantly memorable, life-affirming, singalong indie-pop with which they made their name, with songs that resonate with stories of longing and loss. The band still consists of its original line-up: Roy Stride, Greg Churchouse and Peter Ellard. During this process he questioned whether he would still want to play live and make music. But gradually he discovered that it completely revitalised his love for being in a band. The trio spent more time together, the shows became a celebratory experience of reconnecting with their fans, and new songs emerged at a rapid pace. His inspiration also continued with fresh co-writes for other artists, such as Jax Jones and Calum Scott’s current Top 20 hit ‘Whistle’.On 14 February 2007, Scouting for Girls were signed to Epic UK (a division of Sony BMG). [4] As the band were signed almost fully formed, with all their songs already written, they headed out to Helioscentric Studios in Rye, East Sussex to begin work on their debut album almost immediately. [3] Produced by Andy Green (Keane, KT Tunstall, The Feeling), the band's first release was the It's Not About You EP, released on 25 June 2007. It sold out, and became the highest-charting limited edition EP in chart history. [5] The album was released in September 2007, and has sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in the UK alone. It spawned a host of hit singles; " She's So Lovely", " Heartbeat", and " Elvis Ain't Dead". Ivor Novello 2011 PRS For Music Most Performed Work award for: This Ain't A Love Song Writer: Roy Stride-performed By: Scouting for Girls-UK Publisher: EMI Music Publishing Sean Penn won the award for Best Actor at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. [4] Robin Wright received a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role at the 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Scouting for Girls also made a series of appearances in Europe, Japan, Australia and America in 2008, including performances at 2008's SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas and CMJ in New York City.

Nicola Harley (19 November 2016). "Snow storm trapped Scouting for Girls and 200 fans in UK's highest pub after Children in Need gigÂ". Telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved 3 March 2020. To date, Scouting for Girls have achieved eight top 40 singles, sold over 4 million records in the UK [2] and received over 1 billion global streams. They have been nominated for four Brit Awards and one Ivor Novello Award. We tried various different versions. The first one didn’t have the middle section, so we added that, and the song used to be about five minutes long when we played it live. Because we were playing it live for about a year before, we got it down to the perfect three minutes that held the crowd’s attention. Ten Add Ten: The Very Best of Scouting for Girls by Scouting for Girls on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. 13 October 2017 . Retrieved 3 March 2020. In 2013 the band released a Greatest Hits compilation that peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart.

Scouting for Girls Tracklist

Founding members Roy Stride, Greg Churchouse and Peter Ellard have been friends since they were kids.

In 2010, “This Ain’t a Love Song”—from their sophomore album, Everybody Wants to Be on TV—became their first No. 1 single in the UK. It earned a BRIT Award nomination for Best British Single. Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer I love the way she fills her clothes In September 2019, Scouting for Girls released their fifth album, The Trouble with Boys, featuring the singles "Count On Me" and "Grown Up" (co-written by James Blunt). A UK tour to promote the new album was also announced for November and December 2019 including a sold out headline show at the Shepherds Bush Empire. The band’s 2007 self-titled debut album topped the UK albums chart and yielded three Top 10 singles: “She’s So Lovely”, “Heartbeat” and “Elvis Ain’t Dead”. Scouting for Girls' self-titled album went to number 1 in the UK Albums Chart on 20 January 2008, where it remained for two weeks. [6]

Scouting For Girls’ unforgettable indie-pop anthems such as ‘She’s So Lovely’, ‘This Ain’t A Love Song’ and ‘Heartbeat’ set them on a path to phenomenal success which included four Top 10 singles, four Top 10 albums, 2 million sales and more than a billion streams - plus four BRIT Awards and an Ivor Novello. Three BRIT Awards in 2009 for British Breakthrough Act, British Live Act and British Single ("Heartbeat"). The Place We Used To Meet: Scouting For Girls reveal new album and tour details". Yorkshire Post. 10 May 2023 . Retrieved 21 October 2023. The band’s frontman, Roy Stride, has writing credits on singles like One Direction’s “Stand Up” and 5 Seconds of Summer’s “Invisible”. HOMETOWN London, England a b Dadds, Kimberley (15 September 2007). "Interviews – Scouting for Girls". Digital Spy . Retrieved 23 October 2007.

The band released their fourth album Still Thinking About You in October 2015 on EastWest records. The album reached No.13 on the UK chart and featuring festive fan favourite "Christmas in the Air (Tonight)". The music video for "She's So Lovely" is set in a bowling alley. Roy Stride is trying to attract the attentions of a pretty girl ( Louise Glover), but she has a boyfriend (Liyo Cassini) already. While the boyfriend is there, Roy tells the girl she looks beautiful. The boyfriend gets angry, but gets called away for his throw. As he scores a strike, Roy and the girl walk off down the hall together (although only their legs are shown, the shoes and jeans are the same as Roy's). Scouting For Girls - Charity Bike Ride 2010!". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Love How It Hurts”, off their 2012 third album The Light Between Us, became their eighth Top 40 UK hit. The band toured the UK heavily throughout 2007 and 2008, upgrading and selling out venues in every city they performed. During their first tour of 2008, Roy Stride lost his voice en route to a gig in Birmingham and was diagnosed with laryngitis, forcing the band to reschedule a series of dates on the tour. The rescheduled dates included an extra night in London, with the band selling out a record four consecutive nights at the Shepherds Bush Empire. The band's final tour of the year concluded with two sold-out nights at London's Hammersmith Apollo, and one at London's Brixton Academy.Scouting for Girls worked on a second album, Everybody Wants to Be on TV, was released in April 2010 and peaked at number 2 on the Albums Chart. This was preceded by the single " This Ain't a Love Song", which went to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. The band went on to release a further five albums: The Light Between Us (2012), Still Thinking About You (2015), The Trouble With Boys (2019), Easy Cover (2021) and their most recent studio album, The Place We Used to Meet, which was released in October 2023. The film stars Sean Penn and John Travolta as the respective men who bid for the affection of Maureen Murphy Quinn ( Robin Wright). Harry Dean Stanton co-stars as a friend of Penn's character, and James Gandolfini plays the abusive neighbor. Scouting for Girls - The Place We Used to Meet (single)". Spotify. 21 April 2023 . Retrieved 21 October 2023. In addition to all their singles, the album also featured new material including the song "Millionaire" which peaked at 52 in the UK charts after release on 22 July 2013.